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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?
(a) A Spanish woman.
(b) Vivar's lieutenant.
(c) A British woman.
(d) Harper.

2. For what does Vivar thank Harper?
(a) Saving the stongbox.
(b) Covering the bridge across the river.
(c) Saving Vivar's life.
(d) Starting the forest fire.

3. What does Murray believe when he offers Sharpe advice?
(a) Murray believes he is about to die.
(b) They can outwit the French.
(c) Sharpe is a poor officer.
(d) He can give Sharpe aid in adjusting to being an officer.

4. What does the French commander tell Sharpe?
(a) He will let them go if Sharpe gives him the strongbox.
(b) He will burn the farmhouse down.
(c) He has ten minutes to surrender.
(d) He will hang all of Sharpe's men as thieves.

5. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Go to Lisbon.
(b) Go to Madrid.
(c) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.
(d) Stay at the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivar say will defeat the French in Spain?

2. Why has Louisa joined Sharpe's group?

3. What does the sergeant Williams order the riflemen to do before the second attack of the French?

4. What does the French negotiator tell Sharpe about the French army?

5. How does Father Alzaga feel towards Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharpe have his riflemen do when the French ambush them?

2. With whom does Sharpe dine the first night in the fortress and why do Vivar and Alzaga argue?

3. What does Sharp worry about with Louisa, what does she tell him and what is her response when he tells her about the strongbox?

4. What does Vivar tell Davila to do?

5. What does De l'Eclin tell Sharpe about surrender and what does he say about the French army? What does Sharpe think of De l'Eclin's assertion about the French army?

6. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about leadership?

7. What is the fortress to which Vivar has brought Sharpe and the Spanish troops and what does Vivar say about Spain and the French?

8. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about Vivar's troops?

9. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to recount and what does Vivar explain to Sharpe? Where does he ask Sharpe to go?

10. What does Sharpe ask about the strong box and what is Vivar's response? How does Sharpe respond to this?

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